Quandamooka Festival 2018

Quandamooka Festival, held over three winter months, returns in 2018 to coastal region of East Brisbane with up to 55 events including whale watching cultural tours, Kunjiels (corroborees), Indigenous sports, music, eco boat tours, art exhibitions, fibre art and weaving workshops, bush tucker dining, arts and cultural talks by specialists and new events featuring international acts and First Nations dancers and performances - something to suit all ages!

The festival invites all to visit and experience the Quandamooka Coast - the sands, seas, lakes, creeks, catchments and creatures found across the region as well as embrace Quandamooka peoples’ perspective of these unique environments.

Event Dates

This event occurs annually:

1 July 2018

Event Venues

Quandamooka Country

Address:

100 East Coast Road

Dunwich

Queensland, Australia 4163

Other Information

Family Friendly:

Family friendly – please refer to operator's website for services and facilities.

Leonardo’s Inventions Brought to Life
This award-winning international touring exhibition showcases iconic machines and inventions inspired by Leonardo’s drawings.
On loan from the Museum of Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy, a vast array of machines created from original da Vinci drawings bringing the mechanical concepts of this curious mind to life.

Discover the profound connection that objects have to family, country and culture through the personal memories and experiences of 12 of Queensland’s Indigenous artists and educators. Through images and film, the exhibition reveals the surprising connections and strong spiritual links that can be explored when people engage with the collections from the Queensland Museum.

The Laidley Village Markets are held from 7am to 1pm on the corner of Patrick Street and The Mall. Take home some fresh local produce and home-made treats from one of their local country markets. You'll also find collectables, arts and crafts, books and lots of other goodies.

Learn the basics of blacksmithing and create your own set of blacksmithing tools with Terry Drennan.
You will make a set of blacksmithing tools including a cold chisel, hot cutter, round punch, oval punch, centre punch and tongs.

Take home some fresh local produce and home-made treats from one of their local country markets. You'll also find collectables, arts and crafts, books and lots of other goodies.
Laidley Markets are held on the fourth Saturday of the Month in Ferrari Park Patrick Street, Laidley from 6am to 12pm.

They are delighted to invite everyone for a free skateboarding workshop held at Chalk Drive Skatepark. Open to all skate levels and all ages.
Book tickets online now to be part of these amazing workshops!

Celebrating 27 years, Flickerfest is Australia's leading Academy Award accredited and BAFTA-recognised Short Film Festival, the country's largest Australian and International short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world, hand-picked from 2500 entries.

Their Summer Tunes program provides free, live music at popular parks in the Toowoomba region and is a great way to relax with friends and family. Concerts feature local musicians from a variety of music genres and can be enjoyed on weekends throughout January and February.

At the Lockyer Valley Country Music Round Up there will be walk ups, a bush poets breakfast and the main show on Saturday with the Slim Dusty Tribute Show, Jeff Brown, Laura Downing and more.
On site camping available, bookings essential.

Explore the region

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